25 Quotes by Ivor Heerden

It's going to take people being willing to take a chance, to be bold, to sort out Louisiana's levee problems.

This is just a few Band-Aids, really. We really need to go the step further and start implementing projects now that would make New Orleans safe.

Their response to me was: 'Americans don't live in tents,' and that was about it.

For people to feel confident about coming back again, they're going to have to rebuild the levee system.

This has the potential to be as disastrous as the Asian tsunami. Tens of thousands of people could lose their lives. We could witness the total destruction of New Orleans as we know it.

All indications are that this is absolutely worst-case scenario.

All of those chemical plants have the potential to be flooded, especially those at Port Arthur, where the levees are only 14 feet above sea level. Those are going to be virtually on the edge of the eye wall. You could see significant wind damage from those facilities, too, and you could see chemical releases.